Headphones

[Scottish Dave]

Fuck that £279 for a pair of head phones!!!!!

you can get a pair in Argos for £20

[rex008]

Ohh I see, so this noise cancellation/insulation stuff is all about keeping noise in than keeping noise out

Makes so much sense now

Noise insulation and cancellation are different things.
Insulation is about keeping the music sounds in, and the external sounds out. Closed back headphones will be best at both, but you'll probably get better quality sound from open backs at the same price point (the drivers don't have to work so hard with open backs).
Cancellation is an active technology that has a small mic on the outside of the headphones. A bit of electronics then adds the same background sounds into what the headphones are playing, but exactly out of phase, thus cancelling the external sounds out. This can work quite well, but it's very dependent on what external sounds there are.

[paulhouk03]

I got a pair of bose inear headphones

they are ok not worth 75£ tho

but they are alot better than ur standard crappy pair.

a
shure are pretty good.

[paulhouk03]

just got a pair of monster for my bday

sounds good andcomfy as hell but leak sooo much sound

[Sack it off]

just got a pair of monster for my bday

sounds good andcomfy as hell but leak sooo much sound

You're going to feel really stupid when you find out you've been wearing a pair of PC speakers

[lazaroonie]

KLM used to give away the BOSE cans in their business class  amenties kit. now you get a little delftware house.

cutbacks indeed

[paulhouk03]

just got a pair of monster for my bday

sounds good andcomfy as hell but leak sooo much sound

You're going to feel really stupid when you find out you've been wearing a pair of PC speakers

meh i didnt buy them
but they are pretty good tho

also i have never seen a pair of headphones which require batterys which is redic

[geordieneil]

KLM used to give away the BOSE cans in their business class  amenties kit. now you get a little delftware house.

cutbacks indeed

blatant, i once got upgraded post

[Longy]

KLM used to give away the BOSE cans in their business class  amenties kit. now you get a little delftware house.

cutbacks indeed

blatant, i once got upgraded post

Blatant i haven't read many of lazs posts about his jet business lifestyle

[kinboshi]

LOL @ people giving bose so much love and ignoring everything Rex is saying.

B&O make the best sound systems too...

[paulhouk03]

http://www.colorwarepc.com/p-188-beats-studio.aspx

pretty sick

[rex008]

http://www.reghardware.com/2010/09/07/review_headphones_bowers_and_wilkins_p5/
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/audio-visual/hi-fi-and-audio/headphones/b-and-w-p5-684830/review

Mmmmmmm. Tasty.

Same company that makes these:
http://www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk/display.aspx?infid=1729
Only £35k/pair (may be more these days).

I've owned B&W speakers at home for >10 years. Currently on an old pair of 805 Matrix as my main stereo pair. They make truly superb quality stuff.

[Cf]

I actually like the standard apple earphones when playing poker. I like being able to listen to music and still hear what is going on around the table. For everything else tho I prefer decent ones.

[TheChipPrince]

Apologies if I've missed them on the thread already, but need some decent ones, only for while on the computer at home, but for fairly long spells so comfort essential.

Like the idea of wireless, but is quality poor?

£50-£70 ideally to spend, thanks.

[Tractor]

Dre Beats rivals??

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/sleek-by-50-cent-platinum-headphones-announced-invites-beats-to/